Boody Junior High School - Beacon Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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mmmm POEMS - SERIOUS wM-M . SAILOR 'Weigh anchor! Let out the sails! This stout ship has weathered many gales. Stand ready there at the low life-rails! Quick to sea, before the wind fails. Irma Rubin, 8Bl 0 WE'LL FIGHT We'Il fight, we'lI fight For liberty's light. We'll fight, we'lI fight, For a free man's right. O, we'll fight, yes we'll fight .Against tpranny and might. Washington, Franklin, and Jefferson Lincoln, Adams, and Madison, To dusk from dawn they're spurring us onl O yes, we'lI fight and fight i N As long as the truth is in sightf We'll keep up the fight forever Against robbery, slander, and murder. We'll fight and be strong Against law by a throng. We'll stand where our fathers stood ln their fight for the good, For in these glorious United States People can hold their own debates. Oh, for America we'Il fight, Every day and every night! Marvin Ain, RAI ' o WE DREAM OF PEACE We dream of peace in this world today, While war is raging not far away,

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18. Slang expression of agreement 19. Incorrect way of saying Look at that! 20. Appointment 21. Liked by friends 22. Poison tree 23. The canoe tree 24. The dressed-up tree 25. The chewy tree 26. The giving tree I CAKE SALE What kind of cake would be appropriate for each of the following? 1. Geologists 8. ldlers 2. Dairyman 9. Pugilists 3. Sculptors 10. Dynamiters 4. Politicians 11. Invalids 5. Babies 12. Convalescents 6. The Betrothed 13. One who lives on his friends 7. Carpenters 14. Those who sample all too much lAnswers on page 531 0 CLASSROOM BON ERS 1. Teacher in Science Class, after lesson on reproduction: What would happen if someone would eat all the wheat, fruits, meats, and vegetables in the United States and there was none left? Child: They would get fat. 2. Child: Did you get something for the Current Events lesson? Friend: I cut out something on President Roosevelt. Other Friend: What? His liver or his stomach? WHAT THE TEACHER LOVES TO HEAR Shall I race the boards? Miss S, make Rachel sing. Shall I bring the section book to Miss G? Where's the pass? Ooh! there's ink on the floorl We gotta report. 48

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And think of how thankful we shouold be, For between us and war is the deep blue sea. Fred Ruderman, RA2 I PEAC E, NOT WAR Will these frightful wars never cease? Will these people never taste the blessedness of peace? Always to have bloodshed, poverty, and war, Will their doors be closed to peace forevermore? Think of the mothers who patiently Wait at the end of the lane Wondering if their boys Will ever come back again. Oh why don't these money-mad rulers stop to think Of all the suffering they cause, And then change their rule to one of peace and kindness Thus preventing such a terrible loss? Audrey Thaler, 8Bl 0 P E A C E P-eace is a thing of gladness, E-re and after the sadness. A-peaceful nation! C-ould anything be better for creation? E-very white dove stands for peace, beauty and love. Sylvia Goldsmith, 9Bl 0 A SOLDIER A soldier marches by, There is courage in his eye, He scans the tented line, And never gives a warning sign. He thinks upon his doom, O'er his face a shade of gloom He kneels upon the sod And hears the solemn word of God. Arnold Nodiff, 7Bl